Likable and Unlikable

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Likable adjective - (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings.

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Unlikable is an antonym for likable in nice topic.

Nearby Words: liking, liked

Unlikable adjective - (of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings.

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Likable is an antonym for unlikable.

One criticism of American Horror Story: Murder House was that the characters were too nasty to be likable but not unlikable enough that you enjoyed seeing them get killed off.

Source: Eight Deadly Words
Andrews and Molly Brown (both likable) are amused; Cal, Ruth, and Ismay (all varying degrees of unlikable) are either appalled or confused (keep in mind these types of jokes probably weren't nearly as stale in 1912 as they are today).

Source: Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor

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